I told my wife & 2 kids that if the house ever catches on fire only 4 things need to be saved, my wife & kids and my external hard drive with over 3,000 photos of my kids and 15,000 other photos that I've l taken over the last 40 years and all my music, every thing else can be replaced.
Its amazing how emotional this song becomes when slowed down. The words become more defiant. There's anger, sadness and hunger in his words. We are all born to run.
"I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the street tonight In an everlasting kiss." The greatest, most romantic, lyric ever written in the history of aural sensation!
I tell people all the time that this is the most romantic rock and roll song ever, and that’s ones line I always reference. But the pinnacle for me is “and together we can live with the sadness, I’ll love you with all the madness in my soul...”
I was at this concert in LA and at first felt a bit disappointed because this wasn’t the version I was expecting. But I ended up almost in tears at how beautiful it was. Just haunting. It felt like a perfect counterpoint to the original version-at first the wildness of youth and then a deeper maturity with the passing of time but yet the same deep hunger and yearning. Truly one of the most amazing songs ever written and performed by the most talented artist ❤
The BOSS,in his prime,buff and fearless belting out perhaps his best song ever alone in front of 50,000 fans. He makes them part of the moaning plead for salvation the song begs for at the end. Does it get any better than this?
Combien d’artistes dans le monde peuvent tenir un stade entier ,sans look spécifique ,sans feu d’artifice ,sans accompagnement ou juste une guitare sèche et un harmonica!?...mais avec tant de charisme ,de force et de talent ...merci M.Bruce Springsteen
This randomly auto played for me in the car last year. It bought tears to my eyes. At the time I was in the final stages of moving away from my hometown, a bittersweet moment in my life. A song I’ve known basically my whole life yet I’d never heard this version and it instantly moved me to tears. Incredible.
Well done ! ❤ in my opinion you have to listen to a good piece of music at least threehundred times to understand. And that's the start of it ! Best wishes ! 💜
Springsteen too seems to like the term "transcendence", you know, that theological concept, that itself seems to be, well, elusively connected to everything and nothing. 100% true for this song.
Bruce us in some ways a “guy’s guy”- traditionally masculine- but he’s also obviously very sensitive and a gifted poet- this song is almost mystical in its grandiosity and romanticism- Bruce is a mix of Elvis- the good looking masculine ladies’ man rock and roller and Bob Dylan- the poet with incredible ability to articulate certain universals
To be fair, Bruce spent his whole career kissing Clarence. Bruce seems to have always been pretty aware of the macho manly dude rock and roll singer stereotype, and did his best not to give into the pitfalls of such. It's very progressive and punk rock of him, in a way. Bruce has taught me a lot over the years.
Probably my favorite recording of this classic, recorded on 1988-04-27 at the LA Memorial Sports Arena, and featured on the "Chimes Of Freedom" EP later that year. Great track!
One of the best versions of this song ever. Period. I have been listening to this song for 30 years and it is just a haunting rendition that hits your soul every time. Simple and clean with just he and his guitar tugging at your heart. Beautiful!!
My uncle Jeff was a huge Springsteen fan in the mid-80’s. He tried to act and dress like Bruce and actually favored him quite a bit. My uncle was murdered by a bystander in 1988 trying to break up a fight in which an older man was getting severely beaten. Senseless murder. I remember how hard it hit me to hear the Tunnel of Love album being played at his funeral. I was fortunate enough to receive many of my uncle’s possessions, including his cassette tapes. I spent the whole summer during my junior year of high school listening and getting acquainted to Bruce’s music. It was a very spiritual experience to me that felt like it connected me to my departed uncle. This version of Born to Run was one of my favorite tracks that was in his collection. Everytime I hear a Springsteen song I feel like my Uncle Jeff is there with me
One of the greatest voice,s in ROCK AND ROLL EVER , and this song is still one of the greatest songs ever written. PEACE BE WITH YOU MY FRIEND'S.✌️✌️✌️😎😎😎🏴🏴🏴🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
A very late comment, but wooow, this version really brings all the emotion out in the song. You can truly feel the pain he feels, and the love he has for "Wendy." he really exspresses the pain it is not being a prt of the normal world and all it`s bullshit, and the freedom that arrives, once you discover you don`t belong in it. Great song Bruce
I got into Bruce later in life so glad I did!! I was fortunate enough to see him live in Birmingham UK 2023. I was blown away I'm a complete convert his music is amazing!!!
I get a lump in my throat when i watch this it is wonderful. Saw him play this acoustic version live at Nassu Coluseum just before i graduated highschool 1988. Was unbelievable
Born To Run" In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines Sprung from cages out on Highway 9 Chrome-wheeled, fuel-injected, and steppin' out over the line Oh, baby, this town rips the bones from your back It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap We gotta get out while we're young 'Cause tramps like us Baby, we were born to run Yes, girl, we were Wendy, let me in, I wanna be your friend I wanna guard your dreams and visions Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims And strap your hands 'cross my engines Together we could break this trap We'll run 'til we drop, baby, we'll never go back Oh, will you walk with me out on the wire? 'Cause, baby, I'm just a scared and lonely rider But I gotta know how it feels I wanna know if love is wild Babe, I want to know if love is real Oh, can you show me? Beyond the Palace, hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard Girls comb their hair in rear-view mirrors, and the boys try to look so hard The amusement park rises bold and stark, kids are huddled on the beach in a mist I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the streets tonight in an everlasting kiss 1-2-3-4! The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last-chance power drive Everybody's out on the run tonight, but there's no place left to hide Together, Wendy, we can live with the sadness I'll love you with all the madness in my soul Oh, someday, girl, I don't know when We're gonna get to that place where we really wanna go And we'll walk in the sun But 'til then tramps like us Baby, we were born to run Oh, honey, tramps like us Baby, we were born to run Come on, Wendy, tramps like us Baby, we were born to run
This is what we are....Born to run. Love it really well as acoustic form. Thanks for all the love that you give us Bruce ❤ a germanbrucebloodsister from Stuttgart/ Southgermany
I have been listening to this song over 40 years now, and much as I loved it, I never connected to it quite so powerfully before. I am definitely BTR but also very good with it 😊 thank you Bruce, you have saved me a million times ❤🙏
The song takes on a greater poignance now that we know it’s the tale of Bruce’s father and mother “escaping the bonds of disappointment in New Jersey” when they moved out to California. Back when this was written and recorded, he could sing us the song, but he couldn’t tell us what it meant to him until he wrote his autobiography. Just beautiful.
Mr.Bruce Springsteen , I just wish this message reach you and yours on this day, I am not sure if this will happens, but I just would like you know anyway , I hope one day I will have the pleasure to meet you and say : Your Songs Save My Life Several Times on my 26 years an immigrant in America ! Thank You For Your Kindness And Pure Love On All Your Songs ! Your humble Brazilian Fan living in Salt Lake City. I Love You , Bruce !
I seen The River Tour last night, it was epic! Loved every moment of it and wish I could do it all over again. Great atmosphere, great music, proper showman, no gimmicks, just a lad, his guitar and his mates jamming on the stage. I didn't think it possible but I love him even more now! Thanks Bruce for a fantastic show, you're my hero!!! I hope to see you again in the future, your music will live on forever and my kids will grow up listening to you!!!!! #TheBoss !!!😆😆😆
I'm going to do it at my next solo gig! Bruce did the "slow it down to bring out the lyrics thing" with a LOT of his songs (For You, E Street Shuffle, 10th Avenue, Born in the USA, etc) and also covers (his slow version of Dylan's 'I Want You' is amazing - Suki Lahav was in the band, on violin and backing vocals, at the time)...
For me this song, the acoustic one, had the best, the saddest, but also most meaningful lyrics back in my days of rockn roll. Then came Jesus into my life, took away my pain, and transformed my deepest void into the greatest experience ever. I’m alive now.
First concert I was ever at Dublin ‘88 I was 15 never forget this version I was waiting for him to speed up was glad he didn’t ‘cause I heard Bruce that night My night of conversion Brilliant !!
What else can I say, it's just so beautiful, love this version just as much as the other. You have a gift that keeps giving, (Love and passion) Keep going handsome, you got this.
the greatest artist ever.end of.the greatest song ever.end of. the greatest version.end of. I LOVE holding my husbands hand while he sings this to me. It makes me feel safe, and things are gonna be ok. WE BOTH LOVE U BRUCE. THANKS FOR THE MUSIC AND INSPIRING US XX
Damn so much emotion and power in the lyrics if you really let it in and absorb it your likely to explode!this dude is deep much deeper than he gets credit for glad I see it thank you Bruce
Best version of this song ever. I saw it live back in 1988. Bruce did what most groups will never do. Do you think The Rolling Stones will perform "Satisfaction" live and acoustic?
Like Dancing in the dark (not by Bruce himself) or No Surrender. Shows the truth of emotion and depth of his songwriting prowess and his lyrical genius. Takes me straight back to my late teens, the song, the words the emotion and I'm right back there in 1988, feeling how it once felt to be young! Thank you Bruce & thank you the E-Street band. Love these slowed down acoustic versions.
